Iraq: Murtha the Milquetoast on 'Meet the Press'
by skeptic06, Sun Mar 04, 2007 at 12:26:17 PM EST
If the transcript doesn't lie, Murtha has lowered his sights to his colleague's distinctly modest lowest common denominator position on Iraq legislation.
For one thing, his Proviso will be waiver-thin. Except that the waiver will be dressed up:
MR. RUSSERT: You are going to withhold the money unless those troops were--had readiness or were prepared, but now you've changed your view. You will allow those troops to go to Iraq in that situation or condition, as long as the president certifies that. Correct?REP. MURTHA: Well, he's got to certify that--at least this is what I'm recommending to the committee--he's got to certify that these troops are equipped, and they are trained, or it's in the national interest...
'he's got to certify that'?! The guy who fixed the intelligence around the policy is going to be trusted to certify honest injun that all units being deployed to Iraq are in apple-pie order?!
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